Jim Doherty
wrote:
> I nominate the above based on the
character's
> long-term popularity, the quality of the writing,
and
> the influence the characters, or their creators
have
> had on the genre. On that basis, I'd like to
nominate
> two characters who, though they appear in novels
and
> short stories, were created for mediums other
than
> prose fiction.
>
> Joe Friday (Jack Webb; the radio/TV series
DRAGNET)
>
> Dick Tracy (Chester Gould; the TRACY newspaper
strip)
>
> Webb, through Friday and DRAGNET was virtually
the
> inventor of the police procedural sub-genre,
and
> writers from McBain to Creasey have acknowledged
the
> influence of the show on their own work.
>
> Tracy is, with the sole exception of Sherlock
Holmes,
> the most famous detective in fiction.
>
>
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Which brings up a question: Should this Top 100 be limited strictly to characters from HB Literature, or HB in general? The latter would be broader based and would more easily dovetail with Jim's nominations from other genres.
Comments?
Best Regards, Erick
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